This course, organised by the University of Nottingham, will appeal to all those interested in completing a Cochrane-style review.  Experienced tutors and facilitators will be available to give you practical and individual advice.  After attending the course, participants should be able to understand search strategies, extract data, manage the results of systematic searches, understand the syntheses of the data, apply the methods and conduct reviews independently.

Brief course content:

Day 1: Introduction to Systematic Review, Developing a protocol theory, Developing a protocol: break out groups, Using RevMan 1.

Day 2: Developing a search strategy, Managing search results, Selecting studies for a review, Using RevMan 2.

Day 3: Assessing risk of bias, Extracting binary data, Extracting continuous data, Using RevMan 3.

Day 4: Introduction to Meta-Analysis, Dealing with heterogeneity, Interpreting results and getting published, Using RevMan 4.

Study methods: Small group teaching, workshops, library-based interactive tutorials with hands on practical work at computer stations and group work.

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